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Arsenal are back on top of the Premier League less than three two hours after dropping to second following Manchester City’s win over Nottingham Forest.
The Gunners needed a reaction and got one and as they sealed a win over Brighton and Hove Albion at the Emirates Stadium.
Norwegian midfielder, Martin Ordegaard put the Gunners ahead in the 14th minute as he buried a low drive into the bottom corner from Bukayo Saka’s cross.
Georginio Rutter’s attempt to head the ball away from goal landed inside his net as Arsenal took a two-goal lead a few minutes after the restart.
Bert Verbruggen had quite a busy evening as he made a couple of saves including Viktor Gyokores’s attempt to triple Arsenal’s lead.
Diego Gomez latched onto a rebound and fired the ball into an open net to reduce the deficit for Brighton four minutes after the hour mark.
The tie ended 2-1 in favour of the Gunners as they return to top of the Premier League with two points above Manchester City.
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In other results, Liverpool’s resurgence continued on Saturday evening as they compounded the woes of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Florian Wirtz scored his first Premier League goal as the Reds sealed a 2-1 victory over strughling Wolves who remain without a win this season.
Raul Jimenez’s goal five minutes from time sealed a 1-0 win for Fulham over Westham United at the London Stadium.
Kevin Schade was the hero at the GTECH Stadium as Brentford tore struggling Bournemouth aside.
The 24-year-old German midfielder bagged a perfect hat trick as the Bees picked up a 4-1 win over Andoni Iraola’s men.
